Fig. 2: Structural characterizations of the three PCN-222(Cu) catalysts with and w/o Au.

a–c low-magnification, d–f high-magnification SEM, and g–i TEM images of PCN-222(Cu), AuNN@PCN-222(Cu), and AuNP@PCN-222(Cu), respectively. j–l XRD, FT-IR, and UV-vis spectra of the above three catalysts. The scale bars are 250 nm (a–c), and 50 nm (d–i).